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Even Odder Perceptions (Paperback)
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Even Odder Perceptions (Paperback)
Series: Psychology Library Editions: Perception
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Why did Newton struggle for thirty years to make gold by alchemy -
and then become Master of the Mint? Why do we blush? Why do we have
illusions? In this collection of essays, originally published in
1994, Richard Gregory once again delights and tantalizes with tales
of his childhood, his family and friends, the famous and the
infamous, and weaves them into a rich pattern to illuminate
scientific principles and puzzles. If you can put the book down,
each essay is complete on its own, but they are united by the magic
of human perception. From seeing and hearing to feeling and
believing, from the shape of traffic signs to knowledge of quantum
mechanics, all our interactions with the outside world are mediated
by perception. Our knowledge is further distilled by the machines
which help our own biological mechanisms, like microscopes and
telescopes, electric light, and even more powerfully by computer
technology. But if the natural structures of perception can affect
our interpretation of the world, how much more dramatically might
science education and tools of information technology enhance -
though sometimes mislead - our perception of reality? Even Odder
Perceptions may not have all the answers, but it certainly poses
more questions.
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